New York, NY – New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) has announced the recipients and finalists of the 37th annual NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship program, which is administered with support from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA).

This year, NYFA has awarded a total of $661,000 to 99 artists throughout the state of New York in the following disciplines: Architecture/Environmental Structures/Design, Choreography, Music/Sound, Photography, and Playwriting/Screenwriting. NYFA also announced fifteen finalists who do not receive a cash award but benefit from a range of other NYFA services. Listed below are the 2022 Playwriting/Screenwriting Fellows, Finalists, and Panelists.

Playwriting/Screenwriting Fellows

Kyle Bass (Onondaga)
Andy Bragen (New York)
Austin Lee Bunn (Tompkins)
Kimberly Carvalho (Queens)
Bizzy Coy (Sullivan)
Kareem Fahmy (New York)
Aizzah Fatima (New York)
Lauren Fondren (New York)
Charlotte Glynn (Kings)
Alfonso Johnson (Queens)
David Jaeil Kim (New York)
Kate Marks (New York)
Myna Joseph & Lucy Owen (Columbia)*
Sarah Rosen (Kings)
Kryssa Schemmerling (Kings)
Andrina Wekontash Smith (Kings)
Jay Stull (Kings)
Maya Tanaka (Kings)
Jingjing Tian (Kings)****
Yuliya Tsukerman(Kings)
Jennifer Vanderbes (New York)

Playwriting/Screenwriting Finalists            

Shalemar Coloma (Queens)
Allie Scully (Kings)
Malcolm Tariq (Kings)

Playwriting/Screenwriting Panelists           

Nick Attanasio (St. Lawrence)
Juliet Giglio (Onondaga)
Max Reuben (Kings)
Aoise Stratford (Tompkins)
Catherine Yu (New York)

* Collaborative Artists
** Joy of Giving Something Fellow
*** Department of Cultural Affairs Fellow
**** Geri Ashur Screenwriting Award